Change We Can Bandwagon On

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Anyone following the polls should not have been surprised by Barack Obama’s blowout in the election. Most polling sites were accurate in their state by state predictions enough to get one state wrong. Do polls accurately relay how the voting public will vote or does it instead have a large influence on undecided voters?

We believe here at Illclectics that it polls do have a factor in undecided votes because of bandwagon mentality that was so prevalent in the campaigns.  So much of the candidates campaigning related to a showing which candidate could support a movement behind him. Obama and McCain both had campaign slogans varying the word change. Palin talked about the real American parts of this country. While both talked about their experience in bipartisanship, both set up their campaigns as a counter to failed policy of the other.

We believe that this set up the influential undecided voter to make a decision as to which side did they want to stand. Also, we believe that people consciously or not, tend to want to fall in line with the popular bandwagon. With this being the first time no incumbent has run for president since 1928, it has allowed this campaign to be designated differently from other presidential elections.

Until October, Obama and McCain remained within points of each other in polled independent voters through Gallup.  We believe that when it became clear that in the final month of the campaign Obama had a solid lead that would finish strong, many independent voters could not help but be swayed by constant national news about a seemingly inevitable Obama election.

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We will now look at some survey data from the TGI Brasil study.  During 2003, 8,907 persons between the ages of 20 to 64 years old were interviewed for this study.  When presented with the statement, “I always vote for the probable winner in an election”, 13% said that they agree.

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“Sheen is one of the 5 percent of American voters who are either undecided or could change their mind before Election Day.”

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Obama Tries to Help Everyone

This video is about Obama Talking about the BCS. which is system that guids college football to see who can play who to be the best. Obama states that he wants to change this BCS system into a playoff system.The reason is because the BCS is a computer system, and sometimes it makes the wrong mystakes and choses the wrong team to be in the National Championship.

 

New History of the First Lady

 

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Michelle Obama. The first African American First Lady of the United States Of America. A steong women who is from the South side of Chicago and who graduted from both Princton and Harvard University. And also in my opinion, Barack Obama’s number one fan and supporter. From the beginning of this campaign, Michelle havent done anything else but support her husband and stand by his side strong. She supported every decision Barack wanted to make. Even in the far beginning, where people thought that there was no chance of a change in History, Michelle was there by his side strong with much Confidence. There is a saying now a days, “Where there is a strong man, there is a Stronger Woman.”

 

The meaning of Michelle

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With all the excitement about our newest president elect little thought has gone into the woman behind the man. This week Newsweek tackled the subject with a piece titled “What Michelle Means to Us” written by Allison Samuels, also a woman of color, she painted the picture of her and her “sista friends” having brunch and gabbing about politics. The conversation inevitably led to Michelle Obama and her newest role as “the first black first lady.” Michelle is 44 years old making her the youngest first lady since Jackie Kennedy, her role is pivotal for African American women all over the country, she has the ability to set a new image for women of color in front of the entire nation. With the poverty level among black families just slightly above 30% the Obamas are an inspiring portrait for what these families can accomplish, says Newsweek. Michelle is a self proclaimed “mom in charge” and is aware of how her role in the White House is significant not only for herself and her family but for all the people that are looking to her for the courage to accomplish what people may have been telling them all along they could not. One of the women whom Allison Samuels, the author, was brunching with spoke of how Michelle is an inspiration for her a single mother to take the time in the mornings to exercise and make herself feel good, stating “I look at her and think, I have 2 kids and she has 2 kids. If she can take the time to do her thing and look good why can’t I?” With Michelle’s background at Princeton and Harvard Law she is definitely an accomplished women and mother, but that doesn’t stop her from also being a fashion icon as well, soon to be appearing on the March cover of Vogue. With a group of women gabbing about women in politics it didn’t take long for them to start talking about her wardrobe and the bold red dress by Narciso Rodriguez that she wore on election night. They applauded her on her fashion choices and hope that she doesn’t succumb to the typical European Elite style, even poking fun at the black straight Hillary pant suit. Only time will tell how Michelle will impact our nation may it be political or fashionable.

 

Our President Has Game

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America Now has the best of best worlds. Even though Obama can beat you in a debate, and blow you out in a voting poll. He can even take you to the hole in a little game of one on one basketball. This image is Obama playing a little pick-up basketball with one of the best college basketball team in the nation, The University of North Carolina Tar Heels. Thats to let you know he knows a little bit about sports, and he can talk to you about politics. Whats better then having a president like that. Peolpe know what he can do when it comes to politics. But people also want to knw what does he do to Hhave fun. This pic shows that Obama is very down to earth and will never forget how he got to where he is at today. Obama wants to make people happy in all type of different ways.

 

We Believe in Change

We Finnally have a change in America. And from this day forward we can finally use this sentence. ” You can be whatever you want to be.” haveing and African American President will change a lot in America for the African American Race, and for both males and females. There are no more excuses. In the past African American had to fight there way to the top. Now they are getting very close. With help from Barac who is the new President and His Wife Michelle, who is the first African American First Lady, African have no other place to go but to the top and to be treated equally as Everyone else. Thank you Barac Obama.

 

Rolly Polly – Election Outcome

 

November 18 – Youtube post election coverage

Here is a video of Mr. Obama coming to his new abode for the next four years (Nov 10)

Obama on his first press conference post election, (Nov 7th)

“It is not going to be quick and it is not going to be easy for us to dig out of the whole that we are in” – Obama

A little collage of papers of Obama coverage, showing just how invested the rest of the planet was in the election

Here is a song by Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators, the Illclectics unofficial anthem for Obama 08

 

Nov 17 – Obama’s Presidential Cabinet Edition

With around two months until Obama is innagurated in Washington D.C., he is now in transition mode and moving towards 2009.  The president elect has a the majority of his cabinet left to chose.  On November fifth, he offered the position of Chief of Staff to Rahm Emanuel, a fellow Chicago native.  Emanuel has been in congress since 2002 and was previously an advisor for the Clinton administration.

Gregory B. Craig has been named to be White House counsel.  Craig is a lawyer best known for defending Clinton during his impeachment trial of 1998 and 1999.  He is more centrally located out of Washington D.C.   Ronald A. Klain has been selected as Chief of Staff to Biden.  He is another lawyer formerly under the Clinton administration.

Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, and John McCain met in Chicago today and McCain gave his support behind the president elect.  They both issued a statement that encouraged Americans to move on and band together to solve energy and economic problems.

 

Nov 5 – Obligatory Post Election Day Post

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The election happened and the polls were right.  Obama will be the innagurated on January 20th, 2009.  It has been quite a ride for the internet junkie in us here at the Illclectics.  Nothing has taken up so much of our head space and time and it was made it all worth it to see such positivity and hope coming back into the spirit of the majority of this country.  Wright it all down because we can personally guarantee that this will not be the last we hear of this election and it will be, forever, a new chapter in the potential of the American voice to make choices.  Not even to get too biased here, this election was different, and it is a beautiful thing to be in the unfolding present time that offers so much.  And it ain’t just American liberals people,  get over that notion, this truly is a once in a lifetime experience and tale of a man that really showed the potential of the individual.  This is the dream, a man exemplifying the very small perspective of potential of the infinite potential of change on a planet that we all live and breath in.  We only wish we could Being John Malkovich Obama yesterday at the Chicago speech and feel that feeling accomplishment.

Celebrate one for hopeful progress for a day!  Even the chickens are celebrating!

We here at Illclectic will do a who got the most accurate poll wrap up, but we are waiting for Missouri and all the votes to be tallied to be called before we can conclude our coverage of this very special day.

Linky:

http://www.truthout.org/103108A – Last minute deregulations plans on the environment, fishing, and consumers from the Bush administration.

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